From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Sep 26 15:36:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E71737B401 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from front1.chartermi.net (24.213.60.123.up.mi.chartermi.net [24.213.60.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F86E43E77 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:36:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from catnthat@bsdknight.com) Received: from [66.227.151.127] (HELO drinian.bsdknight.com) by front1.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9a) with ESMTP id 52132452 for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:36:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:36:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Kevin To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 GoTM video controller with 64MB In-Reply-To: <002201c265a5$abd83e00$6401a8c0@SURVIVAL> Message-ID: <20020926183220.E25254-100000@drinian.bsdknight.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Matthew, Instructions for getting the GeForce 2 and 4 cards to work is located at the following address. http://www.marcuscom.com/g2g-xfree86/article.html Instead of using the nv.tar.gz I usually cvsup the src and then copy the files over. I use the following cvsup file, you'll probably want to change the prefix to be someting other than /usr/local/src if you prefer to keep it in your home dir or someplace else. *default host=anoncvs.xfree86.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr/local/src *default release=cvs *default tag=. *default delete use_rel_suffix xc-all Regards, Kevin On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, MET wrote: > I just bought a new Dell laptop, Inspiron 8200. I'm trying to install > XFree86 and KDE 3.0. So here's what I've done. I've installed FBSD > 4.6.2 which installs XFree86 4.2.0. At the end of install it asks me if > I want to configure the X Server, so I say yes. The screen goes blank > as if its attempting to load the gray background w/ the mouse we've all > seen before. However, it goes nuts with some blue-ish shacking thing. > I quickly press ctrl-alt-backspace which safely returns me to the CUI. > Not knowing how to fix this I sent a similar questions to > freebsd-questions and wasn't able to get specific responses, but I was > suggested to go to this mailing list (so here I am). > > So I'm at a stand still...how do I get XFree86 to work if I can't even > configure it? Someone on the questions list suggested that the correct > NVIDIA drivers probably aren't installed, if so, I noticed that NVIDIA > does offer Linux drivers for my card...should I install those? And if > so....how? > > Please someone help!! I don't want to use Windows...or even Linux for > that matter. > > ~ Matthew > > P.S. I did get KDE 3 built and installed properly, but naturally I > can't view it. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message